Own error-page with CGI.pm instead of "Friendly HTTP Error" in Internet-Explorer

LanX has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have problems to show my proper error page inside IE if the status is 4xx or 5xx.

In CB I got the tip to adjust Content-Length (Ambrus++) and indeed there seems to be a relation

The answer is that the server’s response must meet two criteria:
The HTTP Status code must be [400, 403, 404, 405, 406, 408, 409, 410, 500, 501, 505] The HTTP Response body’s byte length must be shorter than a threshold value
If the server’s response meets both criteria, then IE will show its own Friendly HTTP Error page instead of the server’s terse response.

source http://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ieinternals/2010/08/18/friendly-http-error-pages/

but adding this doesn't help

   print $query->header(
                        -type           => 'text/html',
                        -charset        => 'utf-8',
                        -status         => '400',  
                        -Content_Length => '100000',
                       );
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I noticed that FF shows the Content-length field of the reply with a lower case "l" no matter how I uppercase the -Content_Length option. (should be the same in IE, but the developer console doesn't help inspecting the header here)

Any suggestions?

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)

Je suis Charlie!}

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Re: Own error-page with CGI.pm instead of "Friendly HTTP Error" in Internet-Explorer by 1nickt (Canon) on Sep 13, 2017 at 20:07 UTC
CGI error pages in Internet Explorer? Holy 1990s! The HTTP Response body’s byte length must be shorter than a threshold value Well, that doesn't mention the Content-Length header, does it? Did you try increasing the size of the "HTTP Response body’s byte length"? The way forward always starts with a minimal test.	[reply]
Re^2: Own error-page with CGI.pm instead of "Friendly HTTP Error" in Internet-Explorer by afoken (Chancellor) on Sep 13, 2017 at 22:51 UTC
As far as I remember, the stupid "friendly" error pages from MSIE are activated whenever the server returns an HTTP status code indicating an error AND the content of the error document from the server is less than about 1 kByte. Adding a padding HTML comment of about 1 kByte is sufficient to disable this nonsense. Something like this: <!-- padding to prevent "friendly" error pages in ancient MSIEs XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX +XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX +XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX +XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX +XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX +XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX +XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX +XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX +XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX +XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX +XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX +XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX +XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX +XXXXXXX --> [download] Stackoverflow has a nice info box in an answer, quoting Microsoft: What makes IE decide to show a friendly error page? The answer is that the server’s response must meet two criteria: The HTTP Status code must be 400, 403, 404, 405, 406, 408, 409, 410, 500, 501, 505 The HTTP Response body’s byte length must be shorter than a threshold value The byte length thresholds are stored in the registry in `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE under the subkey \SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\ErrorThresholds`. 403, 405, 410: 256 bytes 400, 404, 406, 408, 409, 500, 501, 505: 512 bytes otherwise: 512 bytes So, with a padding to at least 1 kByte message body, you should be on the safe side. Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Own error-page with CGI.pm instead of "Friendly HTTP Error" in Internet-Explorer by LanX (Saint) on Sep 13, 2017 at 21:54 UTC
> CGI error pages Legacy code. * > Internet Explorer? Intranet. Default browser. > Holy 1990s! Yep! > Did you try increasing the size of the "HTTP Response body’s byte length"? This did the trick. Thanks! Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Je suis Charlie!} *) CGI.pm is one of the saner parts of the code base...	[reply]